diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index afa6859..a1f2048 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -110,3 +110,4 @@
 /awscli-1.16.250.tar.gz
 /awscli-1.16.251.tar.gz
 /awscli-1.16.252.tar.gz
+/awscli-1.16.253.tar.gz
diff --git a/awscli.spec b/awscli.spec
index 3f5cb60..8f74d4b 100644
--- a/awscli.spec
+++ b/awscli.spec
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 %bcond_without python3
 %endif
 
-%global botocore_version        1.12.242
+%global botocore_version        1.12.243
 
 Name:           awscli
-Version:        1.16.252
+Version:        1.16.253
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Universal Command Line Environment for AWS
 
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/aws.cmd
 %endif # with python3
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 04 2019 David Duncan davdunc@amazon.com - 1.16.253-1
+- Merge changes from 1.16.253 release.
+
 * Thu Oct 03 2019 David Duncan davdunc@amazon.com - 1.16.252-1
 - Merge changes from 1.16.252 release.
 
diff --git a/relax-dependencies.patch b/relax-dependencies.patch
index 7301c13..f797aaf 100644
--- a/relax-dependencies.patch
+++ b/relax-dependencies.patch
@@ -1,12 +1 @@
-diff -Nur awscli-1.16.252-orig/setup.py awscli-1.16.252/setup.py
---- awscli-1.16.252-orig/setup.py	2019-10-03 20:13:39.258170217 +0000
-+++ awscli-1.16.252/setup.py	2019-10-03 20:13:39.649176352 +0000
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
- 
- 
- install_requires = ['botocore==1.12.242',
--                    'colorama>=0.2.5,<=0.3.9',
-+                    'colorama>=0.2.5',
-                     'docutils>=0.10,<0.16',
-                     'rsa>=3.1.2,<=3.5.0',
-                     's3transfer>=0.2.0,<0.3.0']
+diff -Nur awscli-1.16.253-orig/setup.py awscli-1.16.253/setup.py
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5a34b16..8cf9579 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (awscli-1.16.252.tar.gz) = 390b21415a2fab065893214c02ade4c1aaeda26ccfcbc6a9489add07bd16f6410cddc3f7315076c369aee19023e031e90dab9e55eec4a2c360fa94ce5c247a63
+SHA512 (awscli-1.16.253.tar.gz) = 4d4c7ce5b741ae0fa2984fd8cec490e5cb1c076a2de97186c1e7566f7e30994c34f125976806f77977476957db23bb904192dfcd69a27b4d4baf559d8c0bed45